Buc-ee's Sets Opening Date for New Atlantic Coast Location

People in Georgia are eagerly awaiting beaver nuggets. spacious bathrooms and barbecue beef sandwiches won't have to wait for long now, as one of the newest Buc-ee's locations Brunswick, Georgia currently has an announced start date.

Buc-ee's informed WJAX-TV out of Jacksonville, Florida, that the Brunswick Buc-ee's is scheduled to open July 1. The location will be off Interstate 95 and Georgia Highway 99, and it'll be the third Buc-ee's to open in Georgia, joining stores in Adairsville and Fort Valley. It'll be 74,000 square feet, about the same size as other Buc-ee's locations, and have more than 100 gas pumps.

The approval for the Brunswick location was initially granted by local officials in July 2022, as reported by WJAX. Buc-ee's commenced construction with groundbreaking ceremonies in January 2024. It had been anticipated that Buc-ee’s would launch operations in Brunswick by April; however, plans were affected due to scheduled roundabout development at the site. was not planned until summertime . That pushed the opening date By August, this action had upset a local leader.

When I learned about it, I became really angry," said Glynn County Commission Chairman Walter Rafolski to the Brunswick News in January. "I am attempting to view this as a significant investment for the county.

However, just in the past couple of weeks, the start date has been moved forward to July 1st. WTOC in Savannah reported that passersby noticed the construction was nearly finished.

It's reported that a fourth Georgia Buc-ee's location is being planned. for Monroe County , while another location on the I-95 corridor, just north of Savannah, Georgia, in Hardeeville, S.C., is scheduled to open by 2028 .

Other Buc-ee's locations are in the works across the U.S. A location in Ocala, Florida , which was once anticipated to be the largest Buc-ee's in existence, is scheduled to open doors in 2025. A Buc-ee's will come to Benton, Arkansas, soon, as construction got underway there last month.

But the Brunswick Buc-ee's isn't the next to open. Residents of the Magnolia State are primed to get their first glimpse of the beef jerky wall when a Pass Christian, Mississippi Buc-ee's opens June 9 .